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Topic: Ribbon Supplier (Read 829 times)

I've shared this on the BJCP forums in the past, but thought someone else might be in the market for an excellent ribbon supplier.

We use Southeast Ribbon & Badge out of Roxboro, NC. We scoured the local area and the web and found with shipping and local taxes they always win.

We order the Classic Single 3-Str for 1,2,3 (blue, red, white) and Triple Classic for 1,2,3 BOS (blue, red, white). Since we order over 100 of the Single the price drops to $1.50 per ribbon, the BOS ribbons are $3.80 ea since we don't order those in volume. http://www.southeastribbon.com/custom_rosettes.htm#vThese are substantial ribbons, triple streamers with large rosettes.

Are medals much more expensive than ribbons? When I'm looking around for comps to enter, I try and find the ones that (just in case I won anything) award medals and not just ribbons. I'd always assumed cost has something do with it.

Our ribbon costs had crept up over the years to about $6 before we switched to Southeast. We looked at medals, but it really didn't make economic sense when we did due to the large volume we would have had to purchase.

We use Hermann Werks for our Hogtown Brew-Off medals as well. We also save money by ordering enough for 2 years, but we paid for the whole two years at once. Next order we'll have to talk to them about holding them. Seems strange that they're willing to do that, but whatever 'werks'.